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21 Jump Street (created and initially promoted before its premiere as Jump Street Chapel) is an hour-long police drama television series that aired on the Fox Network from April 12, 1987 to April 27, 1991, with a total of 103 episodes. The crime drama focused on a squad of youthful-looking undercover police officers investigating crimes in high schools and other teenage venues. Created by Patrick Hasburgh and Stephen J. Cannell, the series was produced by the studio Stephen J. Cannell Productions. The show was an early hit for the fledgling Fox Network, especially in the important teen demographic.[citation needed] The final season aired in first-run syndication on local Fox affiliates. It was later completed in rerun syndication on Fox's FX cable network from 1996 to 1998 and produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television. The series provided a spark to Johnny Depp's nascent acting career, garnering him national recognition as a teen idol. Depp found this status an irritant,[citation needed] but he continued on the series under his contract, from which he was released after the fourth season. A spin-off, Booker, was produced for the character of Dennis Booker (Richard Grieco); it ran one season, from September 1989 to June 1990.
[edit] PlotThe show is about a group of young cops whose youthful appearances enabled them to work undercover in both high schools and sometimes colleges to catch troubled youths. The show's plots covered typical issues of its time, including alcoholism, hate crimes, drug abuse, racism, homophobia, AIDS, drinking, child abuse, and sexual promiscuity. Similarly, each problem was often solved by the end of the hour long show, giving an implicit moral about the impact of a particular activity. When the show originally aired, some episodes were followed immediately by public service announcements featuring cast members. [edit] CastThe show starred prominent actors and actresses at the time, including:
Jeff Yagher was originally cast as Officer Tom Hanson in the Pilot. He was replaced after the original pilot episode was filmed, and his scenes were reshot with Johnny Depp. [edit] Guest starsActors who guest-starred on the program include Bridget Fonda, Sherilyn Fenn, Jason Priestley, Josh Brolin, Maia Brewton, Mindy Cohn, David Paymer, Brad Pitt, Christina Applegate, Vince Vaughn, Pauly Shore, Blair Underwood, John Waters, Wallace Langham, Shannen Doherty, Rosie Perez, Gregory Itzin, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Tim Russ, and Thomas Haden Church.[citation needed] [edit] Episode guide[edit] Season 1
[edit] Season 2
"Christmas in Saigon" reveals that Ioki is not Japanese, but Vietnamese, and was born Vinh Van Tran. [edit] Season 3
Richard Greico joins the cast during this season as Officer Dennis Booker. While he is in nearly every episode this season, he is always credited as a guest star. Originally, his character was going to be killed at the end of the season, but he proved so popular, the character was given a spin-off.[citation needed] [edit] Season 4
Season 4 was the last season to air on the Fox Network. In commentary on the Season 5 DVD set, Peter DeLuise said that Fox had decided to cancel the show after Season 4 because the ratings had fallen below a set limit. Following this season, Johnny Depp and Dustin Nguyen left the show. It was never explained where Officers Hanson or Ioki went, or why they were no longer with the Jump Street Unit. (It should be noted that Hanson's whereabouts were possibly hinted at by Penhall, saying "an old friend of his now runs a bowling alley." Hanson is known for his love of bowling.) The Booker spin-off crossover episode, "Wheels and Deals Part One", is included with 21 Jump Street's syndication package, and is also included on the fourth season DVD set. Officer Dean Garrett (David Barry Gray) makes his first appearance in "Everyday is Christmas." As it became harder for the original cast members to plausibly pass as high school students, his character and Officer Kati Rocky (Alexandra Powers) were intended to be "youthful" replacements, so the show could maintain its original premise of younger looking cops posing as high school students, while still allowing the older cast a meaningful role on the show. [edit] Season 5
During this season, Michael Bendetti joined the cast as Officer Anthony "Mac" McCann. Michael DeLuise also joined the cast as Joey Penhall, Doug Penhall's younger brother. Peter DeLuise was credited as a "Special Guest Star" until he left the show in December 1990. Both Doug and Joey Penhall were written off the show before the season was completed. Peter DeLuise said during his commentary on the Season 5 DVD set that he saw no future for the show, so he decided to leave before it folded with the agreement that he direct two episodes and play in (at least) seven episodes. In the show, Doug Penhall is shot in the line of duty, and after facing his own mortality, decides to leave the force to care for his adopted son, Clavo. As Joey Penhall joined the Jump Street Unit to get closer to his brother, his reason for being at Jump Street no longer existed. His character was written out a few episodes later as moving away to be near his brother. Officer Kati Rocky (Alexandra Powers) is introduced in the first episode of the season, "Tunnel of Love." This episode, along with "Back to School" mark the last appearances of Officer Rocky and Officer Garrett, despite the plotlines suggesting that both characters are going to join the main cast. These episodes were both filmed during the fourth season and held over. Neither actor was asked back for the fifth season, and their characters are not mentioned again after their initial appearances. [edit] Issues with the DVD releases
IDT's Anchor Bay Entertainment has released all five seasons of the TV series on DVD in Region 1. One criticism of the DVD releases has been the substitution of soundtrack music from that used on the original episodes, as that the music originally used was often notably linked to the themes of each episode. For example, the song "God is a Bullet" by Concrete Blonde was prominently played throughout the show of the same name in Season 4; however, the song is never heard on the DVD version. In the pilot episode on the Season 1 DVD, a boy is asked, "Don't you like rap music?" but the song being played is a rock song. Because of the song substitution, numerous songs are heard repeatedly throughout the DVD releases, and even throughout the same season. On the Season 1 DVDs, the actors are seen saying milder versions of obscenities that were played on the show while it was on the air. Words like "ass" and "sucks" are replaced with "tail" and "stinks," causing the actors' lips to be inconsistent with the words spoken. This also causes typical background noise to suddenly disappear and reappear; this also happens when songs throughout the episodes are replaced with others. Richard Grieco appears prominently on the cover of the fourth season DVD set, yet his only appearance during that season was as part of a pair of crossover episodes ("Wheels and Deals," parts one and two). Additionally, Depp is given a prominent spot on the fifth season DVD cover, yet the DVD set only has one episode of Depp's ("Blackout"), which was actually the Season 4 finale and Depp's last appearance on the show. Steven Williams was omitted from the covers of Seasons 3 and 4 despite having been in 81 episodes, more than any other cast member. [2] Michael Bendetti is missing from the Season 5 cover, despite having been on all but two of the Season 5 episodes. [3] 
[edit] Production notesThe theme tune was sung by Holly Robinson. She had a minor singing career before starring in the show and Cannell graciously let her try a number of different theme songs, before picking the one that was eventually used. Johnny Depp and Peter DeLuise also chimed in with the word "Jump" in the song. [edit] CastingCaptain Jenko, played by Frederic Forrest, left the show after the fifth episode of the first season. Peter DeLuise cited creative differences between Forrest and the show's writers as the primary reason he was killed off in the show's seventh episode. [edit] LocationThe show's filming location, Vancouver, is given away in the series' opening. A shot of a city bus with destination "Hastings" is shown briefly, as well as a SkyTrain with a British Columbia Transit (BCTransit) logo barely visible on the side. This was featured in the opening in Seasons 1-3. New Westminster Secondary School was one of the main locations of the series.[2] There also has been a scene filmed inside the main office of local Vancouver high school, David Thompson Secondary School. [edit] Inconsistencies and plot holes
[edit] Film adaptationPlans for a film version were announced in the late 1990s-early 2000s with Jennifer Love Hewitt rumored to star. It has been recently announced that a film version is going to be developed. Jonah Hill will write and executive produce the film, though it remains unknown if he will star[5]. The film would be more of a tongue-in-cheek version of the series in a modern day setting. [edit] References[edit] External links
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